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To: John Biddle who wrote (31588)	1/23/2003 2:19:50 AM
From: John Biddle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197069

Qualcomm brewing in Brazil By Ben Charny Staff Writer, CNET News.com January 22, 2003, 7:15 PM PT news.com.com Brazil's largest wireless carrier, Telesp Celular, will sell its customers downloadable software using Qualcomm's Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless, or BREW, technology, Qualcomm said on Wednesday. Paul E. Jacobs, president of Qualcomm's Wireless and Internet Group, did not provide additional details during a conference call with analysts. Telesp is the fifth carrier to use BREW inside cell phones and networks to sell downloadable ring tones, games or business applications to subscribers. The other BREW carriers are Verizon Wireless, Alltel, KTF in Korea and KDDI in Japan. Sprint PCS and most of the world's wireless carriers selling downloads use Sun Microsystems' Java programming language. Software written in Java lets a single program run on any device of a certain class, regardless of underlying details such as its operating system or processor. Analysts including the Zelos Group predict Java will dominate the market, running on 450 million handsets by 2007, or three-quarters of those that ship that year. Qualcomm's BREW is so far not a contender, according to Zelos. More than 100 million Java-enabled phones have been sold worldwide, according to estimates from Nokia. There are about 3.2 million BREW users worldwide, Jacobs said Wednesday during the conference call.

To: John Biddle who wrote (31588)	1/23/2003 8:12:30 AM
From: Jim Mullens	Respond to of 197069

John- Thanks for the “Interesting” BREW article with the insightful statement “have an aversion to CDMA”. Hopefully BREW is more competitive in features and price? Highlights- "Instead of dealing with the developers, the operators can deal directly with Handango, which has a ton of applications available," he said. With quality control a concern among carriers, the fact that this platform offers application certification, as well as billing and customer support, is a plus, said Waryas. He noted that J2ME is going head-to-head with Qualcomm's (Nasdaq: QCOM - news) BREW (binary runtime environment for wireless) platform, which has drawn a following among CDMA carriers as a one-stop shop for wireless applications. "BREW is a strong platform, but Java has generated more interest among carriers on the international level because many of them are focused on GSM and>>>>>> have an aversion to CDMA," <<<<<<<<<Waryas said.